Revin la ideea ca ceea ce se intampla in State este oarecum differit de Europa. Termentul de "Chinaman" si descrierea stereotipica are conotatii nu neaparat inocente. Istoria chinezilor in State nu este una fericita daca dam ceva timp inapoi.
E o caricatura in articolul de mai jos care arata mai clar despre ce stereoptip se vorbeste:
"The history of the term “Chinaman” is telling: it is a word that invokes the 18th and 19th century American idiom “a Chinaman’s chance in hell”, which refers to how Chinese American coolies were given the most dangerous jobs in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad — tasked with running live dynamite into half-dug tunnels so that mountains might be blasted. Thousands of Chinese American labourers perished in the construction of the railroad; today, their sacrifice is only just earning popular recognition. Subsequently, it was used alone or as part of “Johnny Chinaman” as a generic reference to Chinese coolies; here, it emphasized the dehumanization and lack of individuality of Chinese Americans — we were not even worthy of having distinct names. The phrase “Chinaman” is not ambiguously offensive. It is a relic of a time when Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans lacked most basic legal rights; when the vast majority worked as indentured servants; when rape, beatings and lynching were commonplace; when the life of an Asian American was jokingly worth so little, a common idiom arose around it.
In short, there can be no question: yes — the term “Chinaman” is absolutely derogatory, and this doesn’t rely upon how an Asian American audience member at the Shakespeare’s Theatre might perceive it as such. It is so obviously a slur that (as some Asian American commentators noted off-the-record) over two decades ago, both Frank Chin and Maxine Hong Kingston — two writers who are otherwise completely at odds with one another — both found reason to try and reclaim it."
[...]
"Slurs always carry the weight of racial hatred. These words are always derogatory, but context still matters. There are situations where a slur may be used with deliberation and purpose to educate or incite, but never without pain."
http://reappropriate...-is-derogatory/